12 New Members Join US Women's Hall of Fame
时间：2018-12-08 作者：英语课 分类：VOA2003（上）-文艺之窗
March is National Women's History Month in the United States, a time when Americans honor the often-neglected contributions women have made to American history and 1)contemporary life. The National Women's Hall of Fame is inducting 12 new members to 2)coincide with the 2003 tribute.
The 2003 honorees include a long-distance swimmer, a photography pioneer and a native American who guided the Lewis and Clark Expedition at the turn of the 19th century.
The director of the National Women's Hall of Fame, Billie Luisi-Potts, says the institution strives to recognize both contemporary women and historic figures who have been overlooked. One such woman is Sacagawea, a native American who served as an interpreter for the explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark in their overland search for a route to the Pacific Ocean from 1803 until 1806.
"Sacagawea who (of course) is a native American woman, who has often been overlooked when the tales of Lewis and Clark are told," said Ms. Luisi-Potts. "And it was her knowledge and heritage that really made it possible for the expedition to secure horses at a very important time and to subsist 2 on local 3)indigenous 3 plants. And so this is probably long overdue 4."
Two 20th-century women who broke ground for minority women in public life will be honored 4)posthumously. Former California Congresswoman Patsy Mink 6, who died late last year, was the first Asian-American woman to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives and was instrumental in securing equal rights for women in education and sports. Patricia Roberts Harris was the first African-American women to serve as an ambassador and as a cabinet member. President Jimmy Carter first appointed her as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in 1977 and then as Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare.
Among the best-known of the inductees is Dorothea Lange who paved the way for women photojournalists with her documentation of the poor during the economic depression in the 1930s.
96 years old, Gertrude Ederle, achieved international fame after she became the first woman to swim the English Channel in 1926. Billie Luisi-Potts says when she was growing up her father told her Gertrude Ederle proved women can do anything.
"And she set a new time record that was the record that stood for male and female for the next 35 years. She had a swimming career that included 29 awards," said Ms. Luisi-Potts. "And she is very interesting because in that swim of the channel she developed hearing impairments and she spent that latter part of her life teaching hearing impaired 7 people to swim and developing specific techniques for being able to reach them and teach them those skills."
The 12 women will be inducted in October at the Hall of Fame in Seneca New York, the site of the first women's rights convention in 1848.
Barbara Schoetzau VOA news, New York.
1) contemporary [kEn5tempErEri]n.同时代的人adj.当代的, 同时代的
2) coincide with一致, 符合
3) indigenous [in5didVinEs]adj.本土的
4) posthumous 5 [5pCstjumEs]adj.死后的, 作者死后出版的
- It was not the custom for elderly people to mar the picnics with their presence.大人们照例不参加这样的野餐以免扫兴。
- Such a marriage might mar your career.这样的婚姻说不定会毁了你的一生。
- We are unable to subsist without air and water.没有空气和水我们就活不下去。
- He could subsist on bark and grass roots in the isolated island.在荒岛上他只能靠树皮和草根维持生命。
- Each country has its own indigenous cultural tradition.每个国家都有自己本土的文化传统。
- Indians were the indigenous inhabitants of America.印第安人是美洲的土著居民。
- The plane is overdue and has been delayed by the bad weather.飞机晚点了，被坏天气耽搁了。
- The landlady is angry because the rent is overdue.女房东生气了，因为房租过期未付。
- He received a posthumous award for bravery.他表现勇敢，死后受到了嘉奖。
- The legendary actor received a posthumous achievement award.这位传奇男星在过世后获得终身成就奖的肯定。